Ruei's Reading Corner

New Year!! These books are upcoming releases coming sometime in January 2025. There are many books releasing this month, but these are the top ones that caught my eye. The books are not ranked by number so they are displayed randomly. Happy reading this new year! 1. I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang is releasing January 28, 2025.  Synopsis: After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian immigrant parents’ expectations, seventeen-year-old Jenna Chen makes a wish to become her smarter, infinitely more successful Harvard-bound cousin, Jessica Chen—only for her wish to come true. Literally. Now trapped inside Jessica’s body, with access to Jessica’s most private journals and secrets, Jenna soon discovers that being the top student at the elite, highly competitive Havenwood Private Academy isn’t quite what she imagined. Worse, as everyone—including her own parents—start having trouble remembering who Jenna Chen is, or if she eve...

This is my final post to sum up my reading for 2023! It has been a year of many changes as I closed out one chapter and started another. Overall, I read a total of 16 books this year, half as much as last year. But of the books read, I have enjoyed quite a few of them. My goal for 2025 is to read purely for my own enjoyment as I begin to have more and more of that freedom (but less and less time). Below are some books I would recommend from my reading this year, not in any particular order. Cheers to this new year and all the books that come with it! 1. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han. This summer I read one of my all-time favorites again and it was amazing. I had the time to relax a little and enjoy myself just me and my book. Jenny Han never fails to make me smile as I will always be a fan of Peter Kavinsky (To All the Boys is literally one of the best comfort movies there is).